Manila – Cebu City – Davao City

On December 22, 1960 at 11:31 AM, Manila – Cebu City – Davao City experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Philippine Airlines - PAL, with the event recorded near Cebu City Cebu.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

38 people were known to be on board, 28 fatalities were recorded, 10 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 73.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 35, passenger fatalities: 26, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Just after liftoff from runway 03, while in initial climb, the captain informed ATC about the failure of the left engine. He received the permission to return for an emergency landing but the airplane stalled, banked left and crashed in a huge explosion about 4 km from the airfield. Both pilots and 26 passengers were killed while nine other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration PI-C126, MSN 20593, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 10.3286°, 123.9009°.